Chapter 1 of Other People's Money is here in full — 5546 sentences across 1110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Other People's Money is here in full — 5546 sentences across 1110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives. I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie. Let them arrest me! Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty. I have nothing more to fear now.
Chapter 1 of Other People's Money is here in full — 5546 sentences across 1110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 45/1109 · 5 reading units · Lines 221–225
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plural of “alternative” — one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
From this reading “I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives.”
take into custody
From this reading “Let them arrest me!”
be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading “I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.”
make believe with the intent to deceive
From this reading “I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.”
plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear
From this reading “Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.”
small or little relative to something else
From this reading “Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.”
incapable of being tolerated or endured
From this reading “I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives.”
being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
From this reading “Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.”
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plural of “alternative” — one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
From this reading I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
take into custody
From this reading Let them arrest me!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
be false to; be dishonest with
From this reading I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading I have nothing more to fear now.
make believe with the intent to deceive
From this reading I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives.
plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let them arrest me!
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let them arrest me!
unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I have nothing more to fear now.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I have nothing more to fear now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I have nothing more to fear now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
small or little relative to something else
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Let them arrest me!
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I am tired always to feign, to deceive, and to lie.
incapable of being tolerated or endured
From this reading I have had enough anxiety, enough unbearable alternatives.
being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Any misfortune will be smaller in reality than the horrors of uncertainty.
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